Improvement in modes of cutting soles from sides of leather



JOSEPH WOODLEY.

Cutting Soles from Sides of Leather.

N0.128,271. Patentedlune 25,1872,

WITNESSES. INVE NTOR.

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UNITED STATES PATENT QFFICE.

JOSEPH WOODLEY, OF QUEBEC, CANADA, ASSIGNCR TO WOODLEY HEEL AND SOLECUTTING COMPANY, OF NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT.

IMPROVEMENT IN MODES OF CUTTING SOLES FROM SIDES OF LEATHER.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 128,271, dated June 26,1872.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, J osEPH WOODLEY, of the city of Quebec, in thedistrict of Quebec, in the Province of Quebec, boot and shoemanufacturer, have invented a novel Method of Cutting Shortened Solesfrom the Whole Hide or Side; and I do hereby declare that the followingis afull, clear, and exact description of the same.

This invention consists in a novel method of cutting shortened solesfrom whole hides or sides, as will be fully described hereinafter.

In the drawing, a plan view of a side of leather is represented, withlines indicating the manner of cutting the soles.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I willnow proceed to describe my improved method.

a represents the side of leather from which the soles are to be cut. 1)represents the form of the sole which is shortened. It will be observedby cutting off the heel end. Its peculiarity consists in cutting theline of the heel, not in a straight line, but in a line curved tocorrespond with the toe of a sole, as indicated was cut, and the line ofits ball with the line of the shank. In cutting up or down, the heellines should touch the toe-lilies, or the opposite, in all cases; or,rather, they should extend to the space made vacant by the removal ofthe sole previously cut, as clearly shown in the drawing.

The toe-lines, it will be observed, project within the points of theheel a short distance, so thata portion of the heel-line is cut away, bywhich means about four per cent; of material is saved over the method ofcutting the heel-lines straight across.

By means of my'improved method an entire hide can be economically outwithout waste, and without making it necessary that any part of the goodstock shall be used for an inferior purpose.

I do not claim broadly a method of cutting shortened soles from awholehide or side; but

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is-- The described method of cuttingsoles, with the line of the toe projecting into the central portion onlyof the heelline, substantially as Witnesses:

J OHN L. SMALLEY, JAMES WOODLEY.

